diff --git a/src/cpu/x64/jit_brgemm_post_ops.cpp b/src/cpu/x64/jit_brgemm_post_ops.cpp
index 1ea3558c533..f5e5c07f26f 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x64/jit_brgemm_post_ops.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x64/jit_brgemm_post_ops.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dnnl::impl::cpu::x64::jit_brgemm_kernel_diff_bias_t<Vmm>::
     // Only reduction for `src` is supported.
     assert(reduce_kind_ == matmul_reduce_kind::src);
     // `src` matrix is assumed to have a row major layout.
-    assert(bgmmc.treat_transposed_A_as_plain || bgmmc.use_buffer_a);
+    assert(bgmmc.treat_A_as_plain || bgmmc.use_buffer_a);
 }
 
 template <typename Vmm>
diff --git a/src/cpu/x64/matmul/brgemm_matmul_utils.cpp b/src/cpu/x64/matmul/brgemm_matmul_utils.cpp
index 9e5b6021c01..c6d6710860f 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x64/matmul/brgemm_matmul_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x64/matmul/brgemm_matmul_utils.cpp
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ struct matmul_avx512_blocking_params_t {
         bgmmc.use_buffer_c = is_buffer_c_required(
                 bgmmc.acc_dt, bgmmc.dst_dt, bgmmc.with_sum);
         bgmmc.LDA = bgmmc.adjust_a_strides || bgmmc.use_buffer_a
-                        || bgmmc.treat_transposed_A_as_plain
+                        || bgmmc.treat_A_as_plain
                 ? get_actual_lda(bgmmc.use_buffer_a, bgmmc.tr_a_dt_sz)
                 : bgmmc.A_strides[1] / bgmmc.a_dt_sz;
     }
@@ -1498,16 +1498,16 @@ status_t init_brgemm_matmul_conf(cpu_isa_t isa, brgemm_matmul_conf_t &bgmmc,
                 VERBOSE_UNSUPPORTED_TAG);
 
     const bool transposed_A = bm_conf_utils.check_is_transposed(bgmmc.src_tag);
-    // if M == 1 we can still treat formally transposed A as plain
-    // and avoid copy routine creation/execution
-    bgmmc.treat_transposed_A_as_plain = transposed_A && bgmmc.M == 1;
-    bgmmc.transposed_A = ((transposed_A && !bgmmc.treat_transposed_A_as_plain)
+    // When M == 1 MatMul always considers A to be non-transposed even if A md
+    // was created using "ba" tag.
+    bgmmc.treat_A_as_plain = bgmmc.M == 1;
+    bgmmc.transposed_A = ((transposed_A && !bgmmc.treat_A_as_plain)
             || bgmmc.src_tag == adbc);
     // For batched problems with plain A and C and fully broadcasted across B
     // we can merge all the batch dimensions into M if broadcast strategies
     // set is limited for binary post-ops
     const bool plain_A_layout = bm_conf_utils.check_is_plain(bgmmc.src_tag)
-            || bgmmc.treat_transposed_A_as_plain;
+            || bgmmc.treat_A_as_plain;
     const bool merge_batch_dims_into_M = bgmmc.batch > 1
             && bgmmc.bcast_B_desc.bcast_across_all_batch_dims && plain_A_layout
             && helper.is_src_dst_layout_batch_fusable()
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ status_t init_brgemm_matmul_conf(cpu_isa_t isa, brgemm_matmul_conf_t &bgmmc,
     // We need to correct A_strides if batched dimensions are merged in M and
     // A layout is formally transposed but could be treated as plain
     bgmmc.adjust_a_strides = merge_batch_dims_into_M
-            && (src_d.matches_tag(acbd) || bgmmc.treat_transposed_A_as_plain);
+            && (src_d.matches_tag(acbd) || bgmmc.treat_A_as_plain);
     if (bgmmc.adjust_a_strides) bgmmc.A_strides[1] = bgmmc.A_strides[2];
 
     // We need to correct C_strides if batched dimensions are merged in M and
@@ -2199,9 +2199,7 @@ void matmul_amx_blocking_params_t::update_configuration(
 
 dim_t matmul_amx_blocking_params_t::get_actual_lda() {
     if (!use_buffer_a_)
-        return treat_transposed_A_as_plain
-                ? K
-                : A_strides[1 - transposed_A] / a_dt_sz;
+        return treat_A_as_plain ? K : A_strides[1 - transposed_A] / a_dt_sz;
 
     constexpr int bytes_in_cacheline = 64;
     const int elems_in_cacheline = bytes_in_cacheline / a_dt_sz;
diff --git a/src/cpu/x64/matmul/brgemm_matmul_utils.hpp b/src/cpu/x64/matmul/brgemm_matmul_utils.hpp
index 006e7f1c1ff..d8fd035159b 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x64/matmul/brgemm_matmul_utils.hpp
+++ b/src/cpu/x64/matmul/brgemm_matmul_utils.hpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ struct brgemm_matmul_conf_t {
     bool transposed_A;
     bool transposed_B;
     bool blocked_B;
-    bool treat_transposed_A_as_plain;
+    bool treat_A_as_plain;
 
     // A_strides could be changed during
     // Matmul conf initialization in case when batches merged into M.